Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics

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Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics. / Harder, Peter.

Structuralism as one - structuralism as many: Studies in Structuralisms. ed. / Lorenzo Cigana; Frans Gregersen. Vol. 21 København : Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2023. p. 289-315 (Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica; No. 8, Vol. 21).

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Harvard

Harder, P 2023, Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics. in L Cigana & F Gregersen (eds), Structuralism as one - structuralism as many: Studies in Structuralisms. vol. 21, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, København, Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica, no. 8, vol. 21, pp. 289-315.

APA

Harder, P. (2023). Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics. In L. Cigana, & F. Gregersen (Eds.), Structuralism as one - structuralism as many: Studies in Structuralisms (Vol. 21, pp. 289-315). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica Vol. 21 No. 8

Vancouver

Harder P. Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics. In Cigana L, Gregersen F, editors, Structuralism as one - structuralism as many: Studies in Structuralisms. Vol. 21. København: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 2023. p. 289-315. (Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica; No. 8, Vol. 21).

Author

Harder, Peter. / Functionalism from Martinet to Dik, Croft and Danish Functional Linguistics. Structuralism as one - structuralism as many: Studies in Structuralisms. editor / Lorenzo Cigana ; Frans Gregersen. Vol. 21 København : Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2023. pp. 289-315 (Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica; No. 8, Vol. 21).

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